Party abbreviations: Cat=Catholic, CD&V=Christian Democratic and Flemish, CVP=Christian People's Party, Lib=Liberal, MR=Reformist Movement, PS=Socialist Party (French), Soc=Socialist, S-C=Social-Christian, VLD=Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Citizens Party
¹Title Roi des Belges (French); Koning der Belgen (Dutch); König der Belgier (German) ("king of the Belgians"). Under the constitution of the Kingdom of Belgium there was initially no official language, but French was legally authoritative; French and Dutch became official jointly from 8 Aug 1898, joined by German from 23 Oct 1991.